Egypt mobile subscribers 45.6 mln at end of April

CAIRO (Reuters) - The number of mobile subscribers in Egypt rose by 1 million to 45.587 million at the end of April compared with end-March, the government said on Tuesday.

The country had 41.272 million subscribers at the start of the year, the government-run Egyptian Cabinet Information and Decision Support Centre said on its website (www.eip.gov.eg).

Mobile subscribers in the most populous Arab country have been rising by roughly 1 million a month since February 2008.